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Nov 12, 2007 · The value in “Dark Victory” lies in Mr. Sikov’s original analysis of the Davis films and acting style. He suggests that her early study of dance inspired the staccato speech rhythm and odd ...
Nov 4, 2007 · DARK VICTORY The Life of Bette Davis. By Ed Sikov. Illustrated. 479 pp. Henry Holt & Company. $30. Rex Reed is a film critic for The New York Observer. Share full article.
A wedding is planned and the move to Vermont. But Judith uncovers the secret and flies into a rage at the treachery, breaking off the engagement. She tries to drown her sorrow of impending doom in drink, a frivolous dalliance with a drunken suitor (Ronald Reagan), and a more serious dalliance with her horse-trainer, Michael (Humphrey Bogart ...
Dark Victory is based on a 1934 play of the same title by George Brewer and Bertram Bloch. The play was adapted for the movie by American screenwriter Casey Robinson. Dark Victory has been remade twice, first as Stolen Hours (1963) and then for television as Dark Victory (1976). Edit.
Bette Davis' bravura, moving-but-never-morbid performance as Judith Traherne, a dying heiress determined to find happiness in her few remaining months, remains a three-hankie classic. But that success would never have happened if Davis hadn't pestered studio brass to buy Dark Victory's story rights. Jack Warner finally did so skeptically. Who wants to see a dame go blind? he asked. Almost ...
Jan 23, 2024 · “Dark Victory” contains a remarkable performance by its star Bette Davis, several A phenomenal tearjerker starring Hollywood’s most commanding screen presence"Dark Victory"Out of the thousands of movies made in Hollywood during the Studio Era, relatively few found the lasting power to become classics.
